The European Union (EU) used the new Digital Markets Act (DMA) to force Apple to allow third-party App Store alternatives on the iPhone. The DMA also brings third-party payments and sideloading to the ...

To use AltStore PAL in the EU, you can install it by visiting the AltStore website using an iPhone running iOS 17.4 or later. In order to install AltStore PAL, you must subscribe to a 1.50 euro (about ...

Epic Games has granted AltStore PAL a MegaGrant for innovating in app distribution. AltStore PAL will use this grant to cover Apple’s Core Technology Fee and let EU users access its digital storefront ...

When it comes to buying apps, games, music, movies and more from the Google Play Store there are multiple different ways to pay. Google’s added support for credit cards, Google Play credit, gift cards ...

PayPal announced an agentic commerce services suite. This includes a new agentic payment solution called agent ready. The new store sync aims to help merchants fuel agentic commerce. To prepare for a ...

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It seems that all the larger Internet companies are now following in Apple’s footsteps with retail stores, with Google opening its first Chrome Store in London and now PayPal opening its first pop-up ...